Thursday, November 05, 2009

Bloated Payroll

I have a couple of friends (and you know who you are!) who love to taunt me that the Sox have been just as guilty as the Yankees of trying to buy a championship. The next time they start in on that, I'm going to wave this at them. It's from Cot's Baseball Contracts:

MLB 2009-13 payrolls : MLB 2009-13.xls

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2009-13 PAYROLLS

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Figures include annual salaries, plus signing bonuses pro-rated over life of the contract.

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Figures do not include deferrals or performance, award or signing bonuses.

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Figures are unofficial.

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2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

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1

NY YANKEES

$206,811,689

$166.307

$118.084

$99.634

$95.384

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2

NY METS

$139,102,235

$92.113

$86.738

$39.250

$26.500

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3

CHICAGO CUBS

$137,945,612

$119.958

$96.300

$54.000

$19.000

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4

DETROIT

$129,598,000

$84.588

$41.250

$31.000

$23.000

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5

PHILADELPHIA

$127,957,380

$96.286

$76.036

$27.286

$16.786

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6

BOSTON

$122,624,689

$76.183

$43.483

$30.833

$11.500

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7

LA ANGELS

$116,709,000

$59.950

$42.150

$29.700

$1.000

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8

LA DODGERS

$109,176,603

$60.933

$25.750

$1.250

$0.000

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9

HOUSTON

$105,035,000

$54.250

$37.000

$21.000

$0.000

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10

SEATTLE

$99,346,926

$44.125

$46.875

$22.250

$0.000

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11

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

$98,268,500

$45.075

$27.975

$10.250

$0.000

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12

ATLANTA

$97,692,834

$44.117

$32.392

$23.917

$15.500

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13

SAINT LOUIS

$93,612,500

$50.339

$44.189

$13.938

$0.000

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14

SAN FRANCISCO

$88,777,106

$51.100

$32.600

$32.600

$20.000

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15

CLEVELAND

$81,325,900

$49.955

$27.205

$13.500

$2.750

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16

TORONTO

$80,493,657

$81.168

$43.643

$36.643

$37.143

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17

MILWAUKEE

$80,280,861

$38.813

$7.038

$6.288

$8.788

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18

BALTIMORE

$77,169,792

$29.568

$21.468

$22.350

$25.350

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19

TEXAS

$76,239,840

$38.950

$22.200

$23.200

$16.500

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20

KANSAS CITY

$76,021,243

$49.100

$30.500

$13.750

$0.000

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21

COLORADO

$74,730,533

$40.558

$29.683

$5.100

$0.000

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22

ARIZONA

$72,475,000

$32.117

$23.700

$26.700

$12.750

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23

CINCINNATI

$71,858,500

$59.888

$28.313

$3.400

$0.000

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24

MINNESOTA

$67,899,267

$59.364

$33.100

$23.500

$15.000

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25

TAMPA BAY

$65,126,368

$39.183

$21.708

$11.430

$6.000

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26

OAKLAND

$61,896,066

$19.250

$3.500

$0.000

$0.000

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27

WASHINGTON

$61,455,049

$22.500

$0.000

$0.000

$0.000

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28

PITTSBURGH

$52,643,000

$22.975

$20.000

$3.950

$0.000

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29

SAN DIEGO

$42,746,653

$26.250

$16.000

$17.000

$4.000

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30

FLORIDA

$35,483,951

$7.950

$11.000

$15.000

$15.500

Heck, the Red Sox don't even make the top five! (Thanks to Kelly for pointing out this site)